Inspired by the Company's founder, Walter A.
Sheaffer, and the era in which he lived, the
Sheaffer Legacy® Heritage combines Sheaffer's
landmark luxury writing instrument with the bold
yet elegant design of the Victorian
age...available as Ballpen, Rollerball &
Fountain pen
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Sheaffer Prelude – Welcome to
the World of Fine Writing

Used the world over, the Sheaffer® Prelude®
Collection combines classic design with a
comfortable, wider profile for a pleasurable
writing experience.

Why carry a beautiful fine writing instrument
and a disposable highlighter? The Sheaffer®
Prelude® MPI is a unique, user-friendly,
dual-purpose fine writing instrument, that
converts from a ballpoint to a yellow
highlighter with one easy twist of its barrel.

Like
the finest grains of sand, Sheaffer® Agio® pens
exude a natural quality. Slim, with a
comfortable textured grip, it's a pleasure to
write with a sophisticated and comfortable Agio
writing instrument.

For a contemporary look and
stylish finish, the Sheaffer Javelin metal range
delivers! With its distinctive round barrel and
square end cap, this writing instrument has a
fashionable satin chrome clip and trim to
complement modern jewelry and accessories.

The shimmer of Sheaffer's
unique inlaid nib is created by a special blend of
material ranging from alloys to pure gold.

Sheaffer began with just
seven employees in 1912, crowded into the small back
room of a jewelry store in Fort Madison, Iowa, USA.
Sheaffer was incorporated in 1913.

One of the foremost
technologies Sheaffer pioneered in the 1920's was a way
to make pen caps and barrels of plastic.

The United Nations
Charter was signed with a Sheaffer pen on June 26, 1945.

The first Sheaffer
ballpoint pen was manufactured and sold in 1946.

In November 1951, the 50
millionth Sheaffer pen came off the assembly line.

On December 18, 2001
Sheaffer employees opened a 50-year old time capsule
sealed in the lobby wall in the Fort Madison, Iowa
facility. Among other predictions, nearly 70% of the
employees of a half-century ago thought a cure for the
common cold might be found by 2001!

W.A. Sheaffer was 45
years of age when he risked his life-savings to start
the Company that would grow into a world-renowned brand
name.

There were already 58
other established pen companies when Sheaffer made
history with his patented, high quality, self-filling
fountain pen - which revolutionized the writing world.

Skilled craftsmen,
trained in the unique Sheaffer tradition, today execute
up to 300 steps to create pens by hand.

Walter A. Sheaffer invented the first practical
lever filling fountain pen in 1907. About 300 steps required
to build a Sheaffer® White Dot™ fountain pen were performed
by the skilled hands of Sheaffer® employees continuing the
quality set forth by Sheaffer's founder nearly a century
ago.

It would be impossible to produce the fine
quality writing instruments Sheaffer crafts every day
without a long heritage of craftsmanship and innovation.
Join us as we explore nearly a century of dedication to the
best in writing excellence.

Important
Dates in Sheaffer History -
Make them Remember You

In 1907, Walter A. Sheaffer
invented the lever filler mechanism. Five years later in
1912, production of Sheaffer pens began. Listed below are
just a few important product introduction dates in Sheaffer
history.

1920 - Lifetime Pen

1922 - Skrip Ink

1922 - Radite caps and
barrels

1924 - White Dot

1930 - Balance Pen

1931 - Feather Touch Nib

1934 - W.A.S.P.

1935 - Vac-Fil filling
system

1936 - Transparent ink
view section

1942 - Triumph conical
shaped nib

1946 - Stratowriter
Ballpoint

1948 - Injection molded
plastic caps and barrels

1949 - Touchdown filling
system

1952 - Snorkel filling
system

1955 - Cartridge filling
fountain pens

1959 - PFM

Sheaffer -
Make them Remember You

Walter A. Sheaffer invented the first practical
lever filling fountain pen in 1907. About 300 steps required
to build a Sheaffer® White Dot™ fountain pen were performed
by the skilled hands of Sheaffer® employees continuing the
quality set forth by Sheaffer's founder nearly a century
ago.

It would be impossible to produce the fine
quality writing instruments Sheaffer crafts every day
without a long heritage of craftsmanship and innovation.
Join us as we explore nearly a century of dedication to the
best in writing excellence.

Sheaffer -
Make them Remember You

Walter A. Sheaffer invented the first practical
lever filling fountain pen in 1907. About 300 steps required
to build a Sheaffer® White Dot™ fountain pen were performed
by the skilled hands of Sheaffer® employees continuing the
quality set forth by Sheaffer's founder nearly a century
ago.

It would be impossible to produce the fine
quality writing instruments Sheaffer crafts every day
without a long heritage of craftsmanship and innovation.
Join us as we explore nearly a century of dedication to the
best in writing excellence.